Times Independent | 1955-02-24 | Page 115 | Sheep Raising is One of Rio Blanco's Major Livestock Industries

Sheep Raising Is One Of Rio Blancos Blanco's Major Livestock Industries MEEKER Production MEEKER Production of lambs and wool is Is' an an important industry in Rio Blanco count The climate is Js excellent for production of a prime wool with very light shrinkage and a long lustrous fiber Average lambs raised in the I county are shipped at atan an age of four to five months and bring top prices Approximately sheep p graze each year on the rich forage of Rio Blanco county Their summer summer summer sum sum- mer pastures are high on the flat flattops flattops flattops tops of the White River National Nation Nation- al Forest and in the winter the sheep graze in the lower country west of Rangely U